The Grammys will play host to a new invention of orchestral thrash this year, as the deft concert pianist Lang Lang will team up with metal pioneers Metallica. This wouldn't be the first time, though, one hears an orchestral hybrid--"Carol of the Bells" being an earlier fixture recorded by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
In an interview about the implications of their performance, Metallica's guitartist Kirk Hammet said, "I listened to the demo that Lang Lang's people sent us, and the arrangement of the song is changed, but none of the heavy parts are taken out, and I love that."
"Because classical musicians a lot of times are a bit intimidated by these heavy metal guys. They all think we're just loud cavemen," continued Hammett.
One will have to wait patiently for the sure-to-be-memorialized performance January 26.
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